Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants’ skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …

migrant remittances. We find that FDI decreases substantially as a result of terrorist activity, whereas portfolio investments … show little change. In contrast, migrant remittances show a significant increase. These differences are also evident in … foreign private capital flees an economy suffering from terrorism whereas migrant remittances are the only financial flows …

procurement. A longitudinal comparison of four countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) in the Middle East and North Africa … Devisenbewirtschaftung unterliegt. Ein historischer Vergleich von vier Staaten (Marokko, Tunesien, Ägypten und Jordanien) in der Region …

through a case study of the Management Contract for Water and Wastewater Service in the Amman Governorate, Jordan. The …

of Jordan, this report focuses on cyclical and structural aspects of corporate and SME lending, and investigates the …

The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …

This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration … effects on receipt of remittances than net earnings potential of households in the country of origin. Second, the receipt of … remittances has a positive effect on emigration intentions of household members living in the country of origin. Therefore …

The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban … household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual …

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from … results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure … to the 1992-1998 armed conflict, we observe that the negative effect of remittances on the labor supply of women is …